Why would a gay person want
to be Republican? Good question, because there is fair amount of
intolerance, even disgust, among some Republicans at our lifestyle.

The issue
is bigger than and our being personally offended. The spread of gay rights
depends on the survival of freedom in the United States. And that freedom
is threatened today by nuclear terrorism. The same
holds true for all civil rights: racial equality, gender equality, etc.
And it has become clear since September 11, 2001 that the Republican
party, despite its many flaws, is the only party willing to defend America. It
doesn't matter that several other countries have advanced further than us
in gay rights, and gay marriage, etc. Without America, those countries
would all be ruled by either Germany or Russia right now, and the human
rights records that would have given us would have been
abysmal.

There are, of course, many
Democrats, some of them in congress, who enthusiastically defend our
nation. But when Bush was president, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid seized every opportunity to blame America, blame the
troops, comfort the terrorists, tie the hands of
our intelligence agencies, and legislate defeat. They capitalized on the
war for political advantage in ways that were unforgivable. Then when
Obama was elected, they overlooked in him many of the same offenses they
so derisively savaged Bush for.

Americans must come together.
We must stop blaming ourselves. We must drill for our own oil, and stop
ceding our freedoms to the government.

Liberals consider themselves intellectually and
morally superior to other Americans. They seem to believe, for example, that only they remember the crimes of America's
past: That we stole this continent from the Indians and
built it with slave labor, that women were once prohibited from voting,
and children once worked 12 to 18 hours a day. Corner any liberal in
debate and they will likely respond with a firestorm of America's atrocities, real or
imagined, the implication apparently being that we living Americans, who
had no part in these cruelties, are still somehow implicated in them and
thereby surrender our right

All nations of any consequence have as
at least as many outrages to answer for as we do.
The crimes of Germany, Russia, China Japan spring to
mind. Even smaller countries like Cuba, Guatemala, Angola, Cambodia and South Africa
have committed hideous atrocities. When they had the wherewithal, France,
England, Portugal, Belgium and Holland colonized all of Africa, enslaved and
sold its people, stole its natural resources, most notably its gold,
diamonds, installed puppet regimes to murder anyone who stood in their
way. The carved out artificial nations at their convenience, giving no
respect or regard for countless ancient tribal boundaries. When the chaos
they had created became unmanageable they simply abandoned the place.
Today, while much of the third world begins to thrive and grow, Africa
continues a basket case, much of which is ruled by thugs with AK-47's
flying about in pickup trucks. The European powers who caused this are
among our most sanctimonious critics today.

No other
country has done so much good in the world as America. Without America, all of
Europe would toil under German or Soviet domination. America goes to war,
reluctantly, defeats its enemies, then rebuilds the country and returns to
its
owners! We did so after World War II under the The Marshall Plan, likewise
in Japan under Macarthur. We are doing it again now in Iraq and, in a
process whose outcome is much less certain, in Afghanistan.

Gay people and straights alike should recognize
this, and realize that America's, despite her faults, is still the
sole great repository of freedom - even though freedom here is not fully
realized.

They also seem to
believe that only they understand the suffering of the poor or minorities
in America. Politicans, whether gay or not are always looking for fun! Adult companionship or escorts are certainly part of politicians extra curricular activities. If you are looking for escorts in London then there are plenty to choose from. Straight escorts, bisexual escorts or gay escorts!

Anti
Mosque rally at Ground Zero - 8-22-10

Despite a dreary rain, several thousand people came out
in lower Manhattan to protest the mosque, proposed to be built just right
around the corner from the World Trade Center Site.

Debra Burlingame, whose brother piloted flight 93
spoke, as did several survivors, and families of survivors. Two songs were
sung by America's beloved tenor, former policeman Daniel Rodriguez.
Patriotic music was played, speeches were given by several Union Official
who swore this mosque would never be built. "We do the building here
in New York City" said one of them, making it clear it would never
happen.

I found this refreshing. New York is,
after all, a city with a long history of anti-American turncoats. NYC was
the last hold out for English Loyalists during the revolution, till they
finally were driven to Canada. During the Civil War NYC was also a hot bed
of the so-called "Copperheads", Northern Democrats who secretly
supplied money and aid to the Confederacy. So it should come as no
surprise that America haters of every stripe continue to congregate in
NYC.

BUT
THIS RALLY WAS DIFFERENT! This rally was attended by
patriotic New Yorkers who know that the argument is very simple! To allow
Muslims to build their victory mosque in the shadow of the massacre is
disrespectful, and insensitive, something one would hardly expect of the
"religion of peace."

One last point. I would
estimate the attendance at the pro-mosque rally at around 200; the anti
mosque Rally I would estimate at around 2000.

Posted by Ronald,
8-22-2010

Where is the Muslim
outrage?

Those of us who oppose this
mosque stand accused of bigotry, xenophobia, religious intolerance, etc.
Nonsense! I have many Muslim friends here in New York City who I know
would never countenance or take part in any sort of terrorism. But that
message, that there are many good Muslims, would be much easier to spread
if more Muslims spoke out against terrorism. Posted by Ronald, 8-22-2010

April 19, 2010: 4
out of 5 American do not trust the government The most astonishing
thing about this poll is that 1 out of 5 Americans DO trust big
government, who is bankrupting Social Security, Medicare and
Medicaid, who put their stamp of approval on Bernie Madoff, and is
saddling future generations with unspeakable debt.

President Obama eschewed the
notion of victory in Afghanistan because, as he explained to an ABC
reporter, it "invokes
this notion of Emperor Hirohito coming down and signing a surrender to
Macarthur". Trouble is, Hirohito never came to the surrender
ceremony on the USS Missouri, and that was a very specific choice my
General Macarthur, who did not want to humiliate the Japanese people by
making them watch their emperor surrender. If President Bush had made this
factual blunder, we would hear no end to the ridicule. President Obama
clearly does not understand history.

If the current cold summer in
New York City continues, 2009
could be Coldest Summer on Record. For only the second time in 140
years, the temperature in Central Park failed to reach even 90 degrees in:
not the sort of weather one would expect, considering the glowing fireball
the earth is becoming in popular culture.

Adherents to the global warming
religion like to distinguish between weather and climate. They are
correct. There a vast difference between weather and climate: and climate
is much more complex than weather. Climate includes all the
weather everywhere, plus a wide range of phenomena humans have barely
begun to comprehend.

Humans can't accurately predict
the weather for the day after tomorrow; yet we're all asked to believe we
can predict the climate for 50 years from now! We must look pretty dumb!

National
Kiss-in - July 27, 2009

Do
we really want to associate ourselves with the The United Nations?

Posted by Ronald, July 27,
2009

An article in today's Associated
Press reveals that United
Nations Allows Gay Group to join Debates. Mainstream gay thinking will
call this progress, an honor even. I consider it a blunder to hitch our
star to this corrupt, obsolete, world body. The United Nations allowed
Saddam Hussein to abrogate his responsibilities of disarmament and
verification under the ceasefire agreement of the first Gulf War. Have we
forgotten the United
Nations Oil-For-Food scandal, which enriched
Saddam Hussein by billions of dollars, and extended his reign,
necessitating the Iraq war? Have we forgotten the United
Nations Weapons inspectors who fecklessly allowed themselves to be kicked
out of Iraq before their job was finished? Time and again, the United
Nations passes lofty, high-minded firm resolutions, then does exactly
nothing to enforce them. The United Nations enables dictators, welcomes
cut throat nations like Libya to chair its Human Rights Council, and in
many of the UN's member nations it is a capital offense to be gay, and
we're not going to change that.

We gay people must not be so
desperate for acceptance that we accept such low hanging fruit as United
Nations recognition.

Republicans
for Freedom???

Posted by Ronald, July 11, 2009

Republicans are supposed to
stand for freedom- except when it comes to who can get married, and who
can smoke pot, and a list of other areas where Republicans sanctimoniously
demand the government's nose in our business. This so-called "Defense
off marriage act is just such an abomination. If there is anything the
federal government should keep its nose out of, it's marriage; Yet once
again, people who don't conform are made a rallying cry to bring
"conservatives" some unity of purpose. Despite the many
desirable aspects of the Republican party (Strong defense, national pride,
fiscal responsibility, etc.) Republicans need to do some soul searching.
The most difficult part of freedom is allowing others to be free.
Republicans need to focus on this.

Obama
is Letting Gays Down

Posted by Ronald,
July 8 2009

One of the premises of this
page is that gay people are concerned with a whole range of issues beyond
simply gay issues. But every now and then we should return to the gay
issues, and now is such a time. I didn't vote for him, and so am not
surprised. He promised the moon, and the moon is not coming. When will we
stop believing that the federal government cannot deliver the moon. The
Democratic parties is a conglomeration of unrelated interest groups, many
of whom secretly dislike each other, but who will tolerate each other for
an election cycle. So make no mistake, there are many Democrats, ordinary
Americans, who do not like us. Their professions of "tolerance"
notwithstanding, they have no intention of helping gay people achieve our
goals; But we are being suckered into helping them achieve theirs.
Following are some links to some of his and the Democratic Party's
backsliding on gay rights.

Evidence suggests that the
Earth has warmed about 1 degree centigrade since the 1850's; yet no
evidence proves human activity is to blame. But no evidence is needed.
Global warming is a religion, whose tenets are taken on faith. The earth
itself is the Christ figure who suffers and dies for our sins; and
end-of-the-world scenario which is foretold justifies the most draconian
of measures- the excoriating of heretics (One
of the New York Times prominent pseudo-intellects has likened doubting
manmade global warming to "treason"), rigid codes of self
denial, and punishment of behavior that can be somehow tied to the
warming. And like the smarmiest of TV preachers, the Environmental clergy
prey upon the guilt and confusion of well-meaning Americans to rake in
massive profits through the sale of so-called "carbon credits",
and the Climate Change bill which has just passed Congress. Please visit
our Global Warming Hysterics page
to see some of the latest news debunking this hysteria.

It is ironic that so many gay
Americans joined this religion? Liberal politics are an incronguent
heap of positions based in victimhood, pessimism, and conformity- Yet
conforming is the thing we gay people have trouble most doing. Many of us
tried through adolescence to conform to mainstream norms, and finally
threw up our hands in frustration. The whole point of the modern gay
movement is to abandon conforming and be ourselves. Yet now obediently we
tow the line for every liberal cause that announces itself. Perhaps the
Global Warming cause has extra appeal since it is now mainstream; and how
desperately we have longed to be mainstream.

Gay Parenting

Posted by Ronald, June 29,
2009

Parenting is a fundamental
human need. Yet many of us gay people don't realize this until late in
life. Adoption, surrogacy and co-parenting are just a few of the options
open to those of us in the gay community who wish to have children. And
the children of such unions are as well adjusted and happy as the
offspring of straight couples. In its recent article Gayby
Boom CNN details how one young man, raised by a lesbian couple, is
happily on the way to a bright future. So to those of us who might feel
there is somethng missing in their lives, parenthood, even with its well
known difficulties, might fill the void.

By now, even the most
glassy-eyed Obama supporters must realize they were hooked, with the same
rhetorical lures with which politicians have reeled them in for centuries.

He promised
"change" till it was embarrassing to hear; then surrounded
himself with some of the sorriest old sacks from as far back as the
Carter Administration.

He has not pulled us out
of Iraq immediately, as he promised to do so many times during
his campaign. Confronted with the realities of the presidency, he has
opted for a more cautious approach. This is in contrast with when he
and many other Democrats declared the war "lost", and a
"disaster", accused our troops of atrocities, and promised
to end it instantly. He promises to pull us out at some point in the
future. He promises a lot of things. While I am relieved to see him
pursuing this more realistic approach

After savaging President
Bush's for running up the deficit, Obama's spending makes all previous
presidents look like organ grinders.

After crowing loudly
earmark reforms, the current budget includes enough pork to make a
gentile turn kosher.

He hasn't closed
Guantanamo Bay, immediately as he promised you he would. Confronted
with the reality of just what kind of terrorists and miscreants the
place is full of, he is opting for a more measured approach.

His often repeated boast that
he opposed the Iraq War from the beginning is intentionally deceptive. He
wasn't even in the US Senate at the time the Iraq War Resolution was voted
on (October 2002). He didn't enter the senate until January 2005-
more the 2 years later! It's the easiest thing in the world for a state
Senator from Illinois, to go about supporting or opposing anything he
deems advantageous. It's quite another to have been in the United States
Senate at the time, seen the intelligence, and to have made the tough
decisions in 2002 like many Senators of both parties did.

Obama has been handed the
ghastly, glorious world that Bush was handed. His main challenge is to
keep terrorists out of our nation, as Bush has done for the the past 7
years, and his tacit willingness to accept a nuclear Iran, is deeply
disturbing.

What Now

Posted by Ronald, November
2008

We Republicans have just
taken the worst shellacking since the 70's. We must see this as an
opportunity to rebuild the party around its fundamentals: Lower taxes,
less government meddling in our lives, less socialism, and a strong
defense. The key issue is national defense, for if American doesn't
survive, gays won't have any rights. Neither will blacks, nor, women, nor
Jews, nor any of the other minorities. Gay people must be a part of this
rebuilding.

His Speech is Nothing

Posted by Ronald,
September 9, 2008

"...her speech is nothing, Yet the unshaped use of it doth move
the hearers to collection; they aim at it, And botch the words up fit to
their own thoughts; Which, as her winks, and nods, and gestures yield
them, Indeed would make one think there might be thought, Though nothing
sure, yet much unhappily."

Hamlet, Act IV, scene 5

I can never help recalling Shakespeare's description of Ophelia's
madness when I hear Obama speak. Of course Mr. Obama is not mad. Far from
it! Still, vacuous words like "change", "hope", and
"future" are as empty vessels into which hearers pour their own
meaning. Unlike poor Ophelia, Mr. Obama does not have the excuse of
insanity. He knows exactly what he's doing.

Sarah Palin's Experience

Posted by Ronald,
September 6, 2008

Obama voters should have the decency to blush
when they question the experience of Sarah Palin to be Vice President. Mr.
Obama's lack of experience to occupy to the highest office in the land is
unprecedented. He has spent just 144 days in the US Senate, accomplishing
nothing of note. The bulk of his time since taking office in 2005 has been
spent running for president. He's never shouldered the responsibilities of
being mayor, never struggled under the enormous burdens of
governorship, never raced against the deadline of meeting a payroll in a
small business. He even seems to have buckled under the pressure of the
Illinois legislature where, instead of voting "yea" or
"nay" as his constituents had every right to expect, he voted
"present" almost 130 times. Sarah Palin, by contrast, has been a
small town mayor (to the Democrats' delighted derision), she's been a
governor for 2 years, she knows what it's is to make gut wrenching
decisions that will affect an entire state, and she never had the luxury
of voting "present". She has fought waste and corruption at
every level, and is eminently more qualified than Mr. Obama - And she's
only running for Vice President! So please, Obama voters, if you
must persist in this feigned distress over Mrs. Palin's experience, kindly
have the goodness to blush.

On Taxes and
Healthcare.

Posted by Ronald,
September 6, 2008

In
pursuit of government-run healthcare, Senator Obama has resurrected that
favorite stock character of the liberal storyline, the proverbial
"American who is one medical bill away from bankruptcy". I would
like to hear him express some sympathy for an equally tragic figure, the
American who is justone tax lien away from Bankruptcy.

Government-run healthcare will requiring raising taxes, which Obama has
promised to do. Raising taxes, even on the wealthiest Americans (a
favorite stock villain of the left) takes buying power out of the economy,
which costs jobs- The worst thing to do in these economically tough times.
Higher taxes on any American hurts all Americans, inching them a little
closer to tax-related bankruptcy, whether by honest tax mistakes, or by
simply not having enough money to live on after the government has helped
itself to your paycheck.

Then there is the separate question of why we would entrust our healthcare
to a federal government which has so absurdly mismanaged Social Security,
Medicare and Medicaid. They are sure to screw it up! It's a guaranteed
lead pipe cinch! Had any private investment firm misappropriated,
misrepresented, and looted their funds as the federal government has with
Social Security, they would all be in jail. The Social Security scandal
makes the Enron crooks look like amateurs. We will explore this in greater
detail in future posts.

It
is a dreadful scene for a family to lose their home to the bank. It is an
even more harrowing scene to lose one's home to the IRS. At some point, a
private lender must simply give up and write off the debt. But the IRS can
seize everything you own, sell it at bargain basement prices, then pursue
you to your grave for the remainder. So the next time Senator Obama seeks
to frighten you with the prospect of being one medical bill away from
bankruptcy, please remember the the prospect of being one tax lien away
from financial ruin.

How Dare we Question
their Patriotism?Posted by Ronald,
September 5, 2008

"How dare you question my patriotism?!" Such is the scolding we
receive when we question the Democratic party's resolve in defending the
country. Admittedly it's an effective technique. I was recently shamed
into apologies by a Democratic friend in this way. When I questioned his
party's willingness to defend America, he became incensed that his love of
country was being impugned. I gushed apologies, but in fact, it was never
his patriotism I was questioning. This man is a World War II veteran, and
I honor his service. Most liberal appeasement is built not on lack of
patriotism, but on the following 2 liberal principals:

1 - There is no significant threat from Islamic terrorism. Despite
the lip service liberals give to fighting terrorists, consider the
countless ways Democrats in Congress have leapt to their defense. They've
thwarted our efforts to spy on and wiretap terrorists at home and abroad;
Bitterly crippled our abilities to spy on Al-Qaeda's financial networks
around the world. They've fought for to grant access to these enemy
combatants the the best left wing lawyers in America, and meticulously
reclassified as torture any accommodations that don't involve a comfy
Barcaloumger and slippers.

All of this is made possible because our cowardly terrorist enemies remain
hidden, and it is tempting to think that the danger has passed. And since
they see no threat, they are blind with rage over our military efforts.

2 - Whatever threats we do face are of our own making. We have so
mistreated the world, goes the narrative, that we have only ourselves to
blame for the occasional suicide bombing. (Get any hardcore liberal
started recounting America's crimes and the stream-of-consciousness tirade
you will receive will make Finnegan's Wake sound like the McGuffy Reader.)
So like the abused wife who blames herself for the beatings, we tell
ourselves that it's our fault, and that if only we would change, the
danger would pass. It's false comfort.

There is a third factor: the small percentage of people on the left, and
some on the right, who actually do hate America. Michael Moore is the
obvious example. His propagandistic capitalizing on tragedies ranging from
the Iraq War to school shootings amounts to a kind of war time
profiteering that would make the Krupp family blush. Yet even he feigns
the vapours at the hint that his patriotism on par with Washington's
own.

So we're not supposed to question anybody's patriotism. Fair enough. But
how much subversive, America-bashing, American blaming do we have to
countenance before we can question something?!